tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post6041355461235948206..comments2023-06-30T14:35:38.366+01:00Comments on Burrowers, Books & Balderdash: The Lost Art of Letter WritingHart Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-57225388474029665372010-10-14T01:24:04.697+01:002010-10-14T01:24:04.697+01:00I'm a letter-writing junkie myself and just di...I'm a letter-writing junkie myself and just discovered this site--www.thingsunsaidproject.wordpress.com. For those who enjoy letter writing, I'd pay it a visit. Interesting stuff.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077709755809559164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-28508736202483929072010-10-13T06:00:58.799+01:002010-10-13T06:00:58.799+01:00I used to be such an avid letter writer, but now I...I used to be such an avid letter writer, but now I cant remember when I last wrote one! as to my son, he doesnt even know what a letter is, even less what a post office is for. Which is why I recently started sending postcards to people... with a few lines written by my son... something is better than nothing, huh?Anuradha Shankarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10460310200883662583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-70079088288160747122010-10-13T02:45:39.291+01:002010-10-13T02:45:39.291+01:00Mary - whoa, "finger-locking thing"? Th...Mary - whoa, "finger-locking thing"? That sounds painful! :-(<br /><br />Natasha - international letters rock! Bet your boys would love to see stamps from different countries... *nudge*<br /><br />CaH - indeed. I own volumes of the letters of (to name just two) Jane Austen and W. A. Mozart. Emails may be harder to destroy, but... but... I've seen Händel's handwriting, for example! Now that is way cooler than his choice of font. :-P<br /><br />Mari - I think we get credit for the weird stuff we stick in packages. And you've sent me postcards... granted, with giraffes on them, but... ;-)<br /><br />Tami - yeah, I remember you saying you had pen pals. No cursed hats that made your ears shrivel up though, eh? ;-)<br /><br />Chary - oh yeah right, like you could ever run out of things! It's only when we have to write something specific. Write random stuff and send it to somebody you usually email. Dare you. ;-)ViolaNuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07896411685523236241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-63800988890964315162010-10-12T22:20:55.216+01:002010-10-12T22:20:55.216+01:00I can't even remember the last time I wrote a ...I can't even remember the last time I wrote a letter. I used to have pen pals too when younger. However, after a while, I would just run out of things to write.<br /><br />Now it's just email and texting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05994415353101258592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-1899438834996889802010-10-12T18:55:59.356+01:002010-10-12T18:55:59.356+01:00I was a NUTSO pen pal until I was in my early 20s....I was a NUTSO pen pal until I was in my early 20s. Anymore, I really only write to my mom--she and my step-dad share email, so if I want anything personal, as opposed to informational... unfortunately, that has taken on a sort of negative tone--the good stuff I can share with both, the negative hand-written to her... I maybe should break that habit, because I agree with loving letters and the narrative that goes (then again, my IM is ALSO turned off)Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-15523404208448634912010-10-12T16:09:34.374+01:002010-10-12T16:09:34.374+01:00I actually remember writing a letter on the comput...I actually remember writing a letter on the computer, print it out, and send it by mail to a pen pal when I was 12-ish. My, I was cool! <br /><br />It's been a while since I sent any proper letters now. Frankly I'm not to good with the proper emails either. The narrative suffers in my communication ex-blog in general these days...Cruella Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11422848273167338884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-47008780778836318932010-10-12T14:47:11.931+01:002010-10-12T14:47:11.931+01:00Last time I wrote a real letter? Can't remembe...Last time I wrote a real letter? Can't remember, but it's long time ago.<br /><br />Letters have always been an important source in literature research. I'm wondering how that will be for those who are going to do research on our contemporary literature 100 years from now >:)<br /><br /><a href="http://cold-as-heaven.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Cold As Heaven </a>CA Heavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558100567878233142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-48423169573471204922010-10-12T14:16:46.525+01:002010-10-12T14:16:46.525+01:00I used to write to my mother till a few years back...I used to write to my mother till a few years back. Then she got on e-mail, and that was the end of physical letters. <br /><br />My grandfather and I used to exchange letters every six months (or so)- he was in Maryland, me in India- but he passed away in 2004.<br /><br />I don't remember writing a letter since.<br /><br />You are right, writing a letter would be a great exercise for us now.Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481081735923606868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-36908842150854220382010-10-12T14:11:06.769+01:002010-10-12T14:11:06.769+01:00I write to my grandson and his family all the time...I write to my grandson and his family all the time. Soon I'll be writing to his son. I used to love to write letters but the finger-locking thing has cut the list way back.Mary@GigglesandGunshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350818228268801008noreply@blogger.com